Windows 7 Beta BUGS

[KevinN206]

Sorry for double posting, but I didn't find the Edit button. Another thing that I think is probably a bug is an ULTRA wide empty space when you right click at any item in Libraries folder. Here is a screenshot:

I have a similar problem too except with the Jump List on the Taskbar.

See the pictures for explanations.

The first screenshot shows IE8 Jump List with items with long names. If we immediately open the Jump List of the next item (any item) on the Taskbar, then that item's Jump List is abnormally wider.

You must open the two jump lists consecutively without touching your keyboard.

[adli89]

+1

I preferr the WMP 11 look

About the ULTRA wide empty space when right clicking items in Libraries, I found a solution in Windows 7 Build 7000 (beta 1) QnA! thread by x-byte:

I found a workaround for this.

Open Winrar and go to Options -> settings -> integration

And then uncheck "icons in contex menus".

Seems to solve the problem. :)

[xLoliPopx]

I have a problem where it turn all black for the screen when I first log in. Only the Gadgets is visible. I have to mess around with resolution to change it back. No screenshot yet.

[Kyang]

Most unusual visual glitch I've seen so far.

http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1230869586.png

Somehow the wallpaper image itself was corrupted. I had to download the image from its source again to fix it.

[xLoliPopx]

I had something similar to that before too, but a simple refresh work.

[royk50]

after switching between display modes (single -> dualview / dualview -> single) the windows peeks give no thumbnail.

[Proculsi]

after switching between display modes (single -> dualview / dualview -> single) the windows peeks give no thumbnail.

I think this also happens after playing a game or any full screen application. Same problem in Vista.

[GamblerFEXonlin]

I think this also happens after playing a game or any full screen application. Same problem in Vista.

It also happens if a programs window have been minimized for a while. The program doesn't update its GDI window and Windows has nothing to show except an icon. I don't know if this will ever be improved as it would be difficult to page out minimized programs.

[NightSt@lk3r]

External Hard Drives formatted in the HFS+ filesystem are unreadable in Windows 7, Disk Manager tells you the disk is unrecognizable and needs to be initialized, which results in your drives partition table being overwritten. Vista on the other hand initializes the disk fine and it is accessible.

[Pootis Spencer]

When you create a new standard account and login any window I open cannot be moved, resized, minimized or maximized. I have to click the taskbar icon for that window and click close window.

Is this a bug or just something wrong with my setup. The main account works fine.

[danisflying527]

Everythink keeps turning black when I log on sometimes, It's really annoying me lol

[Guest]

Not sure about anyone else, but I`ve been having some explorer.exe bugs, well if it can be called a bug.

What happens is after about 30 or so minutes of regular everyday PC use of Win 7 7000, explorer.exe stops responding to everything.

And when I goto "Computer" and try to access one of my hard drives it just sits there with that green progress bar running in the

"address" field. That`s all it will do, nothing more. I can`t access any files/folders at all it just sits there loading. Eventually after all of that, the whole window goes blank, no libraries, no favs, nothing...

And opening Task Manager and ending explorer.exe offers no help either.

It just sits there, the process will not properly end, everything on the desktop, taskbar and all the usual stuff disappears too, but the process keeps running.

Also when running another instance of explorer.exe via the File->New Task(Run)... option does nothing either.

This is truly driving me insane right now. I love using Win 7 and don`t really want to return to Vista, but I have no problem doing so.

If it means I`ll finally be able to use my PC.

My PC Specs:

AMD Ahtlon 64+ 3400

1.5gb Ram

320gb HDD Space (3 IDE Drives)

Windows 7 Build 7000

Nvidia GeForce 8500GTS 512mb PCI-E x16 [Will edit this one later, need to find out what exactly this card is :)]

And I apologize if this was posted in the wrong thread/topic. But I hope someone can help me out, otherwise here in the next hour or so I`m going to have to re-install Vista SP1 again *shudders at the thought of it right now*.... :(

Thanks in advance for any help provided.

This happens to me too, and I fear it may be hard drive related. Occasionally I hear a 'click' as a hard drive spins up now and again, not necessarily when being activated. The issue is probably that the HD stops spinning, W7 tries to re-access it but the HD doesn't start, and causes explorer to endlessly wait.

Even so, I had the clicking drive issue on Vista, but had no problems of this sort. The problem is, I'm unsure which drive is faulty (out of 4), and ActiveSmart reports no errors. Guess I'll have to consolidate some data, and test them all to find the problem.

[Linkinfamous]

after switching between display modes (single -> dualview / dualview -> single) the windows peeks give no thumbnail.

That occurs because the DWM has to reset itself during the change, and if your applications are minimized, they aren't going to repaint previews for you.

I wonder what Microsoft is going to do about it...Maybe a DWM helper to temporarily store window data while it goes down? Seems unelegant, though.

[MikeChipshop Member]

When using Chrome to browse web, hovering over a picture near the bottom of the screen, the tooltip appears under the superbar.

Offtopic: Logging in to Photobucket tp post that pic gave me a shock, not only did it sign me in using my stored live account details but it looked completely different from last week lol :p

[hhernan]

When using Chrome to browse web, hovering over a picture near the bottom of the screen, the tooltip appears under the superbar.

Offtopic: Logging in to Photobucket tp post that pic gave me a shock, not only did it sign me in using my stored live account details but it looked completely different from last week lol :p

This is a Chrome's feature. When you hover a link or picture near the left side of the screen, the URL appears under Chrome's window not to interfere with what you are watching. It?s the same in Vista.

[MikeChipshop Member]

Yeah i was aware it was a 'feature' of Chrome, just thought the fact that it appeared under the taskbar was a bug in either windows or Chrome.

[Beta Master]

GPU issue with Directx11. Unable to run Aero, play video files in wmp, run Direct3D screen savers, etc.

Computer locks when trying to play video files. Display freezes but cpu and hd appear to still work.

Computer locks when running the Windows Experience Index (most likely when checking graphics performance)

Computer is a Compag X1010us laptop with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200. The currently installed driver for the ATI card is an XP driver from 2004.

I am pretty sure it has to do with the display driver, however I have spent days looking for a Vista or Win7 driver and have come up empty.

When I allow windows to look for a driver it finds one, however, when the system reboots the display is garbage. there is a double image with lines all over the place.

Any suggestions? thoughts? others with the same issues?

Thanks.

Note: Previously running Win XP SP3 with no issues. Video played back just fine under DirectX 9 (10?)

Beta version of Windows 7 is 7000

[Unknown_97784568745]

GPU issue with Directx11. Unable to run Aero, play video files in wmp, run Direct3D screen savers, etc.

Computer is a Compag X1010us laptop with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200. The currently installed driver for the ATI card is an XP driver from 2004.

I am pretty sure it has to do with the display driver, however I have spent days looking for a Vista or Win7 driver and have come up empty.

Any suggestions? thoughts? others with the same issues?

Thanks.

Note: Previously running Win XP SP3 with no issues. Video played back just fine under DirectX 9 (10?)

Your GPU only supports DirectX8. There are no Vista or 7 drivers for it and aero will never work on it.

[pasztor.laszlo]

(As an administrator) I'm not allowed to change the name (label) of the partitions. But after closing the error messages it changes them.

The Windows drive logo (from the C: [Windows] drive) disappeared, right now it looks like just a simple partition.

Right now I don't have the normal partition names, only this what I can see in Explorer:

C : \ ( C: )

D : \ ( D: )

Silly...

Update:

None of the device names are displayed... great... :x

Edited January 8, 2009 by Taci

[Gersson]

(As an administrator) I'm not allowed to change the name (label) of the partitions. But after closing the error messages it changes them.

The Windows drive logo (from the C: [Windows] drive) disappeared, right now it looks like just a simple partition.

Right now I don't have the normal partition names, only this what I can see in Explorer:

C : \ ( C: )

D : \ ( D: )

Silly...

Update:

None of the device names are displayed... great... :x

I've had the same thing happen to me!

[FloatingFatMan]

Do we really need two threads on Win 7 beta bugs?

[Borimol]

I've had the same thing happen to me!

Same to me

[Proculsi]

I found another GUI bug.

6) Different distance between address and search fields after resizing these fields length.

[stashek]

I cant put my computer to sleep!After a while computer turn on !!!Please help! :(

[leesmithg]

I noticed one pain in the time I have used it.

The desktop can completely go black when using some wallpapers.

I will login to Windows 7 later and try and resurrect the action.